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in 1897.
V.D. Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Savarkar
organised Mitra Mela, a secret society, in 1899.
Mitra Mela merged with Abhinav Bharat in 1904.
Nasik Conspiracy Case,1909: Anant Kanhere and
Ganesh Savarkar shot dead Collector Jackson of
Nasik. V.D. Savarkar
1996
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answer:
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Indian Army.
It was founded in response to the British ban on
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's nationalist poem of
Vande Mataram.
It continued the message of the journal Bande Mataram
edited by Sri Aurobindo and published from Calcutta,
and The Indian Sociologist that had earlier been
published
from London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
1999
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answer:
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Discuss the growth of revolutionary terrorism with special reference
to its ramification in Maharashtra, Bengal and Punjab till the first
1991
decade of the 20th century.
Revolutionary activity was carried out through the Ghadar Party
in North America, Berlin Committee in Europe and some
scattered
mutinies by Indian soldiers, such as the one in Singapore.
The War seemed a great opportunity, as the number of white soldiers
went down at one point to only around 15000 and provided the
possibility of financial and military help from Germany and Turkey—
the enemies of Britain.
Revolutionary activity in this period was concentrated
in Punjab and Bengal.
The Bengal plans were part of a conspiracy organized by Rash
Behari Bose and Sachin Sanyal in cooperation with returned
Ghadrites in Punjab.
Most Bengal groups were organized under Jatin Mukherji Bagha Jatin
Chandrashekhar Azad
Shiv Verma
Bhagwati Charan Vohra
Jaidev Kapur
MEANING AND PRE-WORLD POST WORLD HRA, HSRA REVOLUTIONAR ANALYSIS AND
BACKGROUND WAR PHASE WAR PHASE AND BHAGAT Y ACTIVITIES IN IDEOLOGICAL
SINGH BENGAL REVIEW
MEANING AND PRE-WORLD POST WORLD HRA, HSRA REVOLUTIONAR ANALYSIS AND
BACKGROUND WAR PHASE WAR PHASE AND BHAGAT Y ACTIVITIES IN IDEOLOGICAL
SINGH BENGAL REVIEW
The HRA was founded in October 1924 in Kanpur by
Ram Prasad Bismil, Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee and
Sachin Sanyal.
It was aimed to organize an armed revolution to overthrow
the colonial government.
To establish in its place a ‘Federal Republic of United States of
India’ with the basic principle of adult franchise.
Later renamed to ‘Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
or HSRA’.
One of the most important “actions” of the HRA.
The men held up a train at Kakori, an obscure village near Lucknow,
and looted its official railway cash.
Government crackdown after the event led to many arrests.
17 were jailed, 4 transported for life and 4 - Bismil, Ashfaqullah,
Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were hanged.
Kakori proved to be a setback for the HRA.
To overcome the Kakori setback, the younger revolutionaries, inspired by
socialist ideas, set out to reorganize Hindustan Republic Association at a
historic meeting in the ruins of Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi (September
1928).
H.R.A. was changed to H.S.R.A (Hindustan Socialist Republican
Association).
The participants included Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev,
Bhagwati Charan Vohra from Punjab and Bejoy
Kumar Sinha,
Shiv Verma and Jaidev Kapur from U.P.
HSRA decided to work under a collective leadership.
The Tribune Front page on the day of
It adopted socialism as its official goal. execution
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The movement witnessed large-scale participation of young
women especially under Surya Sen.
These women provided shelter, carried messages and fought with
guns.
An emphasis on group action aimed at organs of the colonial
state, instead of individual action.
Objective: Set an example before the youth and to demoralize
bureaucracy.
Some of the earlier Hindu religiosity was shed, and there were no
more rituals like oath-taking and this facilitated participation by
Muslims.
Muslims such as Mir Ahmed, Fakir Ahmed Mian and Tunu
Mian
participated.
Prominent women revolutionaries included Pritilata Waddedar,
who died conducting a raid on Railway Institute at Paharatali.
Kalpana Dutt was arrested, tried along with Surya Sen
and given a life sentence.
1931: Santi Ghosh and Suniti Chandheri, schoolgirls of Comilla,
Kalpana Dutt
shot dead the District Magistrate.
1932: Bina Das fired point blank at the Governor while receiving
her degree at convocation.
2001
Who among the following organised the famous Chittagong armory
raid?
A Laxmi Sehgal B Surya Sen